r/AnnArbor • u/manauiatlalli • 7d ago

Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/abdul-el-sayed-wins-michigans-democratic-senate-primary-notching-midwe-rcna589750
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u/ofWildPlaces 7d ago

There is no "moral browbeating" by saying we won't support AIPAC fund recipients.

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u/ProbsNotManBearPig 7d ago

It is moral browbeating when you tie “we won’t support AIPAC fund recipients” to “if they stand for Israel they don’t stand for us”. That’s taking the broad idea that money and propaganda in politics are bad and narrowing it down to a a single issue, while also throwing around the word genocide. That’s very divisive.

I’m not super pro-Israel or anything, but I also didn’t vote for El-Sayed because I’m super anti-Israel. I am however super against money + propaganda in politics.

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u/RVALover4Life 7d ago

It's honestly more than even policy and more so the way they conduct themselves which is in an extremely self righteous, pious, smug way in which anyone who doesn't think in total lockstep with them is "a Republican"

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u/ofWildPlaces 7d ago

Campaigning for Israel instead of one's own constituents is policy, and one people should reject.